Regency/Gold Bar Info

[JakobLiar]

Alright, I know I'll probably be hailed as a dunce, but I'm going through my recently purchased Birthright Campaign Setting and I'm reading the Ruins of Empire and looking at all the domains. Now, as I'm reading this, I'm seeing certain Domains with the Gold Bars, Regency Generated and Regency Accumulated listed. Then I'm seeing a lot more that do not have that listed. Is all the information further in the book (aka I have to count up who all has what in someone else's domains) to figure out the GB/Regency or is it just not mentioned? I'm just wanting to make certain I get it right so that I can run my 2nd Edition game right for my players.

[Green Knight]

Alright, I know I'll probably be hailed as a dunce, but I'm going through my recently purchased Birthright Campaign Setting and I'm reading the Ruins of Empire and looking at all the domains. Now, as I'm reading this, I'm seeing certain Domains with the Gold Bars, Regency Generated and Regency Accumulated listed. Then I'm seeing a lot more that do not have that listed. Is all the information further in the book (aka I have to count up who all has what in someone else's domains) to figure out the GB/Regency or is it just not mentioned? I'm just wanting to make certain I get it right so that I can run my 2nd Edition game right for my players.

The info you're looking for is not included for many domains. You'll have to make it up as you go.

[JakobLiar]

Argh. Luckily I'm not starting a tabletop game until March... but I'm really trying hard to do a couple test runs before I do that. I checked out the Wiki and it helped a lot, but there are still at least a few realms that I'm having to figure out (and even with Wiki giving me info, I need to make personal note of what holdings are where, since after the first turn it can change easily). If anybody has any ideas, please do let me know.

[Dirk]

Come up with an easy formula to use. This way once you know what a realm's total GB and RP generated each season, you will be able to apply the formula and you will know what they have in reserve.

For example assume sites have 1.5 times there Gold bars generated in reserve and 1/3 of Regency generated in reserve. I'm not sure if these are the correct numbers to use, but it is a place to start.

You could also start your game at the start of a Season and assume that no one had any GB or RP previously generated.

[Aldrin]

a regent having ruled a domain for a long time with little conflicts should have much high RP gathered. And a pretty high buffer in GB. The cost is allready done. He just have to maintain it. Which is cheap in peacetime.

[AndrewTall]

Other things to look at to guesstimate domain wealth are:

* do the wealthy party, prove their wealth through great displays/art/monuments or do they hoard wealth for a rainy day

* do the domains in the realm compete heavily (poor), or do they work fairly well together (rich) - high tax is effectively competition in this regard.

* is there a lot of trade (rich), charity (poor), legal/religious domination (poorer), tolerant rulership/religion (richer), good weather/soil (rich), mineral wealth (rich if there is a good trading partner to supply food), corrupt (poor) / honest populace (rich), etc.

* how long has the ruler ruled? Long time rulers tend to have stability, new chaps have to prove themselves and that generally costs money.

[irdeggman]

a regent having ruled a domain for a long time with little conflicts should have much high RP gathered. And a pretty high buffer in GB. The cost is allready done. He just have to maintain it. Which is cheap in peacetime.

Except for all of those domain actions that you are resisting or any build actions taken (like roads) or any random actions being resolved.

Nope, IMO, at any snap shot things are pretty much the same overall - unless a specific conflict or action is being done (like a war or major economic incursion). Over time things tend to even out with respect to other relatively inactive regents, at least IMO.

[JakobLiar]

On a similar note... what is Domain Power? I can't figure that one out and it doesn't list it anywhere in the books.

[Sorontar]

Where did that term come from?

Sorontar

[Rowan]

Domain Power is in there somewhere. It's the total of all province and holding levels controlled by the regent. It can exceed the regent's bloodline, though of course the RP gained is limited by bloodline.

[Sorontar]

Hmmm... I found it referred to in Ch 8 of the BRCS:

A scion’s leadership score is modified based on the number of scion class levels he has. Furthermore, a regent may add one-tenth of the sum of his province and non-source holding levels in his domain power to his leadership score (this replaces the “strong-hold bonus” and represents the regent’s position-based prestige).

and defined in Weapons of the Waves,

In order to find lieutenants or henchmen, the player character must make some unusual efforts to contact specific non-player characters. Simply hiring a wizard doesn’t require the player to roleplay the encounter or befriend a NPC, but it’s not easy. At best, there’s a 1% chance per point of domain power (the sum of the regent’s province and holding levels) that there is a true wizard in his domain who is willing to hire on as an artillery piece at any given time. This character may range from 3rd to 10th level (d8+2), and will demand at least 100 gp per level per month as his fee for serving in the character’s military forces.
but the BRCS doesn't defined it itself.

Sorontar
ps. I haven't yet confirmed that this BRCS page in the wiki is a perfect match to the BRCS but I believe that part is fine.

[irdeggman]

On a similar note... what is Domain Power? I can't figure that one out and it doesn't list it anywhere in the books.

BR Core Rule book pg 37

"(A character's Domain Power is the amount of regency all of his provinces and holdings generate: it is the sum of all the levels of holdings and provinces controlled by the regent.)"

[JakobLiar]

Thanks. I didn't read each book word for word but I skimmed and didn't find it, but now that you mention it I'll take a look at that. Thanks. Still working on my game and I'm trying to get every little detail down.

[irdeggman]

As a reference the BRCS has a built in assumption that the reader either has access to the 2nd ed material or has knowledge of it.

Not really the best basis to start from, but it does explain some of the things "missing".

[JakobLiar]

I am curious, however. I do have the Campaign Setting Kit and everything in, but as my scanner is currently on the fritz and its a hassle to go to a specific place to get it scanned, is there a copy of the Domain Record Sheet anywhere online (without pirating or anything of that nasty sort)? If I could scan it onto my memstick I would but I can't at the moment.

[irdeggman]

I am curious, however. I do have the Campaign Setting Kit and everything in, but as my scanner is currently on the fritz and its a hassle to go to a specific place to get it scanned, is there a copy of the Domain Record Sheet anywhere online (without pirating or anything of that nasty sort)? If I could scan it onto my memstick I would but I can't at the moment.

Check the downloads section.

I'm not certain if the "original" sheet is there, but I beleive that there are a few home built ones that you can choose from